IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Khapo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94NM049003a
  • User Pedon ID: 94NM049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 94NM049003a
  • User Site Association ID: Santa Fe Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67252
  • User Project ID: 2023 - SW-SAN - Multi-MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 36 - MLRA 42C - MLRA 35 - MLRA 48A - MIR Lab Data for Type Location Soil Samples
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.6766663
  • Std. Longitude: -106.0813904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1,900 feet south and 2,250 feet east of northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles west-northwest of Agua Fria, NM.
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM049—Santa Fe
  • MLRA: 36B—Western Plateaus and Plains (proposed)
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM687—Santa Fe County Area, New Mexico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36105-C2—Agua Fria Peak, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.V. Chiaretti
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Ustic Calciargids
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Khapo
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Khapo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: erosion remnant
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    GUSA2

    JUMO

    MUTO2

    SPCR

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Gutierrezia sarothrae

    Juniperus monosperma

    Muhlenbergia torreyi

    Sporobolus cryptandrus

    blue grama

    broom snakeweed

    oneseed juniper

    ring muhly

    sand dropseed

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—109

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    7

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    1963

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    135

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01530
    BA—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01531
    Bt—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; clay bridges and 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01532
    Btk1—28 to 74 centimeters (11.0 to 29.1 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01533
    Btk2—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01534
    Bk1—109 to 183 centimeters (42.9 to 72.0 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak coarse parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01535
    Bk2—183 to 226 centimeters (72.0 to 89.0 inches);, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. not sampled.
    Bkb—226 to 305 centimeters (89.0 to 120.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; loam; weak medium, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. not sampled.